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When Jessica Scheu was 2 years old, her mother felt a lump in the toddler's abdomen while changing her diaper. It turned out to be one of a parent's worst...

In its day, which was almost 70 years ago, "Show Boat" was an attack on racism, using the vernacular of the period to speak to white Americans (and foreigners) in...

A diet that includes dairy products, bread, cereal, fruits and vegetables may help women prevent cancers of the colon and rectum, according to Columbia University scientists. These foods-rich in fiber...

Leo Bezold grew up in rural Campbell County, Ky., where tobacco was always the money-producing crop. Burley paid 50 percent of his expenses while his job as a carpenter picked...

Bernhard Langer hung in the shadows all week at Augusta National while the attention focused on other foreigners in the Masters field. But Saturday, after a near-flawless 3-under-par 69, Langer...

You want to be more environmentally conscientious, but you haven't done anything about it? Shame on you! It's true it can cost money and effort to start conserving, but you...

Cult-film fans just might eat this one up. The life of reputed cannibal Alferd Packer is coming to the big screen, and it's set to song. By early fall, "Alferd...

John Prowett hopes to get a mail-order business started, but he is short of capital. And because he doesn't have a substantial source of income, Prowett figures traditional lenders like...

If you find your telephone bill in your refrigerator or your IRS 1040 form in your sewing box, perhaps your home filing system needs a bit of work. "A lot...

He is a walking, drawling paradox. Roy Williams is intense. He is gentle. He is hypercompetitive. He is humanitarian. He is a workaholic. He is a family man. He is...